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DEVIATION
ACTUAL FROM PLANNED
AUDITED AUDITED ACHIEVEMENT TARGET TO
ACTUAL ACTUAL PLANNED 2025/2026 ACTUAL
PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE ANNUAL TARGET UNTIL DATE OF ACHIEVEMENT
OUTCOME OUTPUT OUTPUT INDICATOR 2023/24 2024/25 2025/2026 RE-TABLING 2025/2026 REASONS FOR DEVIATIONS
Programme 3: Supporting health innovation and technology development through funding to improve health*

3.1 To support the Innovation and 3.1.1 Number of innovation 26 28 38 90 52 The results were driven by the mobilisation of additional
development of technology projects and technology resources through new funding partnerships and programmes,
innovations and funded by the SAMRC projects funded by which enabled greater support for innovation and technology
technologies aimed the SAMRC aimed at initiatives. Additional grants were secured to sustain projects
at improving health developing, testing and/ impacted by the withdrawal of US funding. These partnerships
or implementing new or and programmes also expanded the pipeline of projects carried
improved into the current financial year, increasing the overall number of
health solutions projects funded.
3.2 To develop innovations Innovation disclosures 3.2.1 Number of innovation 1 1 1 2 1 The performance was driven by increased awareness and
and technologies aimed made by the SAMRC disclosures made by engagement among SAMRC employees and students around
at improving health employees and the SAMRC employees innovation and intellectual property processes, resulting in
students and students more disclosures than initially planned. The original target did
not anticipate this level of performance since the Biomedical
Research Innovation Platform has mostly been the only intramural
platform that develops new innovations. In this reporting period,
the Biostatistics Research Unit also disclosed one innovation,
hence the target was exceeded.

Programme 4: Building sustainable health research human capacity in South Africa*
4.1 To enhance the long- Full or partial awards 4.1.1 Number of SAMRC 184 199 110 226 116 The performance was driven by the mobilisation and reallocation
term sustainability of (scholarships, career and capacity of existing, recalled, and additional resources, which enabled
health research in South fellowships and grants) development awards to funding of more scholars across all career stages than initially
Africa by providing funded by the SAMRC all recipients for Masters’, planned. Support for qualifying scholarship applications resulted
funding and supervision to all recipients for PhDs, Postdocs, Early- in an increased number of awards. The original target did not
support for career Masters’, PhD, Postdocs, Career and Mid-Career anticipate the availability of the additional resources.
development and/or Early-Career and Mid- Scientists
institutional research Career Scientists
capacity development

Full or partial awards 4.1.2 Number of SAMRC 122 137 80 150 70 The performance was driven by the mobilisation and reallocation
(scholarships, career and capacity of additional resources, which enabled the funding of more
fellowships and grants) development awards female scholars across all career stages than initially planned.
funded by the SAMRC to female recipients for Support for qualifying scholarship applications resulted in
to female recipients for Masters’, PhDs, Postdocs, an increased number of awards. The original target did not
Masters’, PhD, Postdocs, Early-Career and Mid- anticipate the availability of the additional resources.
Early-Career and Mid- Career Scientists
Career Scientists

Full or partial awards 4.1.3 Number of SAMRC 121 127 90 133 43 The performance was driven by the mobilisation and reallocation
(scholarships, career and capacity of additional resources, which enabled the funding of more Black
fellowships and grants) development awards South African citizens and permanent resident recipients across
funded by the SAMRC to Black South African all career stages than initially planned. Support for qualifying
to Black South African citizens and permanent scholarship applications resulted in an increased number of
citizens and permanent resident recipients for awards. The original target did not anticipate the availability of
resident recipients for Masters’, PhDs, Postdocs, the additional resources.
Masters’, PhD, Postdocs, Early-Career and Mid-
Early-Career and Mid- Career Scientists
Career Scientists

* As agreed with NDOH, SAMRC APP 2025/2026 was not re-tabled.

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